Chapter 244: A visit from an old goat.

Sigrid raised the cup of hot chocolate to her lips. She gazed at Lord Benwick lazily over the rim of the cup. He was not yet on his knees and it appeared he intended to defy her.

"Kneel or remove yourself from my presence Lord Benwick." Sigrid calmly said.

She lowered the cup into the sofa and sat them both on the table.

Lord Benwick firmly kept his arms at the side of his body and he drew in a sharp breath. He urged himself to remain calm, the princess was just drunk on power. Her reputation was widely known, she liked to play the tough game. To deal with her, he had to be smart.

"Crown princess, greetings." He bowed his head and gave her a polite greeting.

Sigrid nodded, acknowledging the greeting. "What brings you in search of me Lord Benwick?" she asked.

He spread his arms out, and moved forward, intending to approach her but Brolin’s sword stopped him. The knight gestured that he step back. Lord Benwick did not like it but her obeyed anyway.

"If I might offer some advise..." he started.

him. "Do not offer me any advise as you are not my advisor Lord Benwick. Your loyalty is questionable.

froze, his eyes

not aware that her most loyal advisor has been in the king’s pocket for so long. Your kind of treachery fascinates me because you are like a man with no nation, you serve whoever has the power. If Medoris were to conquer Eldoria, you would probably become an advisor

Lord Benwick a moment to ponder on his secrets that she had just laid

loyalty is to Eldoria. If it were not, I would not be here offering to lend my expertise to you." He gave her a shrewd look and asked, "How, if I may

an eyebrow. "Why, so

paranoid, wondering who had betrayed him and what other secrets of his had been leaked. "So I take it that you are in search of new employment now that both

"I am not one

point in their life. If you keep jumping from one master to another, you will end up with no master and no feet to use in jumping anymore." She tilted her head downwards and looked at his

Benwick took a subconscious step back. He was not a coward and he was not easily scared but there was something unpredictable about the crown princess. Nevertheless, he was unwilling to surrender easily. "Your highness, I know that you think you do not need my advise but I am more than certain that at some point in the

were yesterday. A king controls the kingdom, a queen controls the king. In the final analysis, the queen controls the kingdom. I can help

aware of already. All of Roland’s biggest decisions ever since she and Roland started getting along involved her. Even when she had nothing to

failed to do that. The dead

in her statement, it was clearly being called a loser without

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